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This is an experiential workshop designed to access fresh, innovative writing material by disrupting habitual patterns of movement in the body/mind. The class explores how, culturally and historically, we've come to view the body as a machine and how technology, speed and mechanization affect our creative writing process, our bodies and how we relate to others. Students investigate how breath, sound and fluid movement relieve stress and tension as well as counteract the debilitating repetitive linear motions that define the 21st century "body as machine" paradigm. No grade equivalent allowed. HUMANITIES AND COMMUNICATIONS DOMAINS
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This workshop focuses on the transnational networks of Zapatismo, particularly the local work that some Los Angeles-based collectives are doing, "committed to the belief that all people and all communities have the right to self-governance and self-determination, and that they possess within their own communities all the knowledge and power to make this a reality" (from the Eastside Café missionstatement). The first part of the workshop takes place at AULA for discussion of the theoretical premises of this autonomous movement. The latter part of the day focuses on the observation of the work of these communities on-site. No grade equivalents allowed. HUMANITIES DOMAIN
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In this workshop students critically examine the landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education court decision and its impact on the social perspectives of education, race and social justice. Additional focus includes the current state of school integration and an historical exploration of the African American struggle for educational equality. No grade equivalents allowed. HUMANITIES DOMAIN
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In this workshop students critically examine the historical and contemporary depiction and branding of African Americans in the mass media. Through films, television, plays, music videos, printed media, and a guest panel, the workshop offers an interdisciplinary analysis and critique of American popular culture, the creation of the black image, and its impact on the American psyche. No grade equivalents allowed. HUMANITIES DOMAIN
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There is an expanding trend among "disenfranchised" communities throughout Latin America (and indeed, the Third World, including within the US), that are opting for autonomous, horizontal models of self-governance to practice an alternative approach to global capitalism. Starting with the successful example of the Zapatistas in Chiapas, Mexico, to the effective ways of surviving the economic debacle of Argentina proposed by several autonomous organizations like the Unemployed Workers' Movement (MTD Solano), the movement of recovered factories, etc., and the South Central Farmers in Los Angeles, the autonomy that these collectives are working towards is not only from the handouts of the welfare state, but also from traditional Leftist politics and methodologies. Challenging the clarion call of the "end of history and ideologies," these new social movements embark on a critical re-reading of Leftist ideologues and reinterpret notions of power, hegemony, and leadership. Betting on a praxis that opens trails, these movements don't follow blueprints for revolutionary action, but instead believe with the Zapatistas that the path is traced by walking (caminando preguntamos). This workshop examines the philosophical foundations of this post-Marxist political praxis. Recovering classical texts of famous iconoclasts like Antonio Gramsci and Michel Foucault, these shed light on more current debates on political power, its sustainability by social movements and their negotiations with the nation-state, as posited by John Holloway, Antonio Negri, Gustavo Esteva, and Arturo Escobar. No grade equivalents allowed. HUMANITIES DOMAIN
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How do we come to know what we know about Islam Where do the images come from The course examines post-9/11 debates through fine art and popular imagery, travel writing and tourism, fiction, film and fashion. It questions the idea of an inevitable Clash of Civilizations between "Islam" and "The West", afrom their long intertwined histories offers alternative interpretations beyond the rhetoric of fanaticism and war. It looks at western interventions from Napoleon in Egypt to the US in Iraq, and the images they've engendered. It examines the basic tenets of Islamic faith and the periodic emergence of fundamentalisms; also the variety of its religious beliefs, political forms and social practices, including the status of women. It includes the work of artists and writers of the Islamic world, and debate with a contemporary practitioner. Above all the course is concerned with intercultural communication as an issue of everyday experience and ethical practice. No grade equivalents allowed. HUMANITIES DOMAIN
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The recent radical reappropriation of the term "queer" has signified a move towards provocative and innovative theoretical and political ends. At the same time it constitutes a move away from the essentialism of gay and lesbian identity politics. This workshop charts some of the discourses related to the emergence of queer theory (homophile movements, the women's movement, gay liberation and lesbian feminism) and articulates some of the challenges queer theory presents in its call for new ways of conceptualizing and living out sex, gender, sexuality and identity. No grade equivalents allowed. HUMANITIES DOMAIN
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This workshop explores the political, social and economic causes of globalization in Latin America with a focus on colonialism and neo-liberalism. An emphasis is put on the politics of resistance to this seemingly pervasive globalizing trend, known as "globalization from below" or "grassroots globalization." The clafocuses on multiple discursive interventions towards a notion of radical, plural democracy. No grade equivalents allowed. HUMANITIES DOMAIN
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In this multimedia workshop students learn to interrogate the local built environment through the combined use of a pre-class self-guided tour of the Los Angeles civic center area and in-class exposure to photographs, documentary footage, on-line resources, texts, lecture and discussion. Architecture offers a particularly apt corpus for cultural analysis as it embodies and freezes in time the functional and aesthetic intent of its builders and their ability to interpret and influence community values, beliefs and lifestyles. Students learn to scrutinize the bewildering shape and fate of Los Angeles architectural repertoires from colonial La Plaza church to the upcoming hyper-real corridor in Grand avenue in search for revealing connections between regional built statements and local culture. No grade equivalents allowed. HUMANITIES DOMAIN
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This workshop is designed to take a brief journey through Jewish and Islamic literature so as to see similarities within the religious and secular writings. The course begins with a theological and literary view of these two traditions, followed by examination of Egyptian, Israeli and Palestinian works. Students read poetry, literature, and Scriptures from both the Jewish and Islamic traditions, exploring basic concepts and deconstructing stereotypes. No grade equivalents allowed. HUMANITIES DOMAIN
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